 Like one that on a lonesome road Doth walk in fear and dread, And having once turned round, walks on, And turns no more his head ; Because he knows a frightful fiend Doth close behind him tread.  The ancient mariner und Christabel - Page 70by Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1907 - 133 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1855 - 458 pages
...; — Like one that on a lonesome road Doth walk in fear and dread, And, having once turned round, walks on, And turns no more his head ; Because he knows a frightful fiend Doth close behind him tread. i But soon there breathed a wind on me, Nor sound nor motion made ; Its... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1855 - 798 pages
...him — " Like one that in a lonesome road Doth walk in fear and dread, And having once turn'd round, walks on, And turns no more his head ; Because he knows a frightful fiend Doth close behind him tread ?" t That the kind of fear here treated of is purely spiritual — that... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1855 - 478 pages
...a frightful fiend Doth close behind him tread. But soon there breathed a wind on me, Nor sound nor motion made : Its path was not upon the sea In ripple or in shade. It raised my hair, it fanned my cheek, Like a meadow-gale of spring — • It mingled strangely with... | |
 | Anna Cabot Lowell - 1855 - 452 pages
...; — Like one that on a lonesome road Doth walk in fear and dread, And, having once turned round, walks on, And turns no more his head ; Because he knows a frightful fiend Doth close behind him tread. But soon there breathed a wind on me, Nor sound nor motion made ; Its... | |
 | John Eagles - 1856 - 416 pages
...Coleridge : — " Like one that in a lonely road Doth walk in fear and dread, And having once turned round, walks on, And turns no more his head ; Because he knows a frightful fiend Doth close behind him tread." Ancient Mariner. Pictor has been the sole cause of my venting my spleen... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1856 - 408 pages
...him — " Like one that in a lonesome road Doth walk in fear and dread, And having once turn'd round, walks on, And turns no more his head ; Because he knows a frightful fiend Doth close behind him tread ?"* That the kind of fear here treated of is purely spiritual — that... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1857 - 432 pages
...seen — Like one, that on a lonesome road Doth walk in fear and dread, And having once turned round walks on, And turns no more his head ; Because he knows, a frightful fiend Doth close behind him tread. But soon there breathed a wind on me, Nor sound nor motion made : Its... | |
 | Henry Reed - 1857 - 424 pages
...seen. " Like one that on a lonesome road Doth walk in fear and dread, And, having once turn'd round, walks on And turns no more his head ; Because he knows a frightful fiend Doth close behind him tread. " But soon there breathed a wind on me, Nor sound nor motion made : Its... | |
 | 1857 - 676 pages
...dark : "Like one, that on a lonesome road Doth walk in fear and dread, And having once turned round walks on, And turns no more his head ; Because he knows, a frightful fiend Doth close behind him tread." The intellect at that period did not seem to have a healthy, free action... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1858 - 792 pages
...seen — Like one, that on a lonesome road Doth walk in fear and dread, And having once turned round walks on, And turns no more his head ; Because he knows, a frightful fiend Doth close behind him tread. But soon there breathed a wind on me, Nor sound nor motion made : Its... | |
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